Gin-saw cleaner.



No. 633,480. I Patented- Sept; l9, I899.

-G. OGDEN.

GIN SAW CLEANER.

(Application filed Mar. 29, 1899.) (No Model.)

UNrTED STATES PATENT Brion,

GEORGE OGDEN, OF OGDEN, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO NEWTON T. BRYSON, OF FINIS, TEXAS.

GIN-SAW QLEANEFl.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,480, dated September 19, 1899.

Application filed March 29,1899. Serial No. 710,983. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE OGDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ogden, in the county of Falls, State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gin-Saw Cleaners, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improved cleaner for-removing gummy and other matter from the saws of cotton-gins, the object being to do away with the work of cleaning the saws by hand, which is a tedious and disagreeable operation, and to provide as asubstitutea sim-- ple and effective device which may be applied to the gin, and by rotating the saws backwardly they may be quickly cleaned.

The fact that the cleaning of cotton-gin 2o saws by hand when they become gummed up and clogged, as by the gumming of damp cotton, is a slow and difiicult operation and one that is painful to the fingers has led others to devise apparatus to be used in connection 2 with the gins to clean the gin-saws otherwise than by handas, for example, by providing cleaners adapted to be moved into engagement with the saws While they are rotating and to clean them to a certain extent auto- 0 matically. For example, it has been proposed to provide a rotating drum jonrnaled on the gin-frame and provided with springarms arranged in pairs, the drum being adapted to move up and down to. bring the periphery of the saws into line to pass between and be cleaned by the pairs of springarms, as shown in Patent No. 404,616 of June 4:, 1889. So, also, other arrangements have been proposed for cleaning the gin-saws while 0 they are in motion, and I do not, therefore,

claim any such idea broadly.

My invention I believe to present a simpler and more effective way of cleaning the saws than any hitherto proposed; and it consists 5 in the matters hereinafter described, and referred to in the appended claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation showing the arrangement of the cleaning device with 'respect to the saws. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cleaner-frame, showing some of the cleaning-blades in position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the cleaning device, part being broken away; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, A represents the back of my improved cleaner formed of parallel bars A A, provided with bolts to to draw them together, and thus form a clamp for the cleaning-blades B. These bars A A are provided on their inner opposed faces with transverse notches or grooves a (F, the notches a being arranged alternately to the notches cfi-that is to say, the two series of notches are not in transverse alinement. The notches in each series of notches a a are spaced apart the same distance as the gin-saws O. The cleaning-blades B are formed of flat oblong metal plates arranged vertically at an angle to each other, like the members of the letter W, between the bars A, with their opposite edges in the notches or grooves a (L as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the blades being of a length to project the required distance beyond the bars A for the purpose ofreceiving between them the gin-saws, as shown in Fig. 1. By loosening the nuts on the bolts a the blades B, or any of them, may be removed for repair, replacement, the. The bars A are strengthened by means of the metallic plates a a which are notched at their adjacent edges to register with the notches a o The bars A are connected by handles D, by means of which the operator may hold and present the cleaner to the gin-saws C from time to time. The ends of the handles D are slotted, as at d, to receive the attaching-screws d, the slots allowing of the proper adjustment of the bars toward and from each other in securing the blades Bin place. The outer corners of the blades B are beveled or rounded, as at b, to facilitate the entrance of the ginsaws.

By my arrangement of the blades B the cleaner is rendered reversible and both longitudinal edges may be used, as will be readily understood, and the corners of the edges will engage the saws.

The operation is as follows: The operator zoo grasps the handles D and presents the cleaner to the saws, (which are first caused to revolve backward) as shown in Fig. 1. I The entrance of the saws will spring the abutting edges of the blades apart, so that they will lie close to the sides of the saw, and a single revolution will serve to clean them. The edges of the blades opposite to those engaging the saws serve to brace the blades against springing or working out of position. The reversibility of the implement lends it a double length of use and its independence of the cotton-gin prevents its clogging with lint, as would be the tendency where the cleaner is located within and forms a part of the gin.

WVhile it is preferred to make the improved cleaner as a separate hand implement, it is obvious that it could be applied to the gin, if found desirable.

hat I claim is 1. A reversible cleaner,provided with scraping-blades, the scraping or cleaning edges of which are arranged on parallel planes with those in one plane alternating those in the other, substantially as described.

2. A reversible cleaner, comprising a back or support provided with blades set at an angle to each other with their longitudinal edges abutting at both sides of the cleaner and forming two series of scraping or cleaning edges in parallel planes and in alternating order, substantially as specified.

3. A cleaner comprising a back or clamp formed of parallel bars provided with alternating transverse notches in their opposed faces, bolts or devices for securing the bars together and a series of blades set at an an gle to each other and clamped at one end be= tween said bars with their abutting longitudinal edges in said notches; substantially as described.

4:. A cleaner comprising the bars having alternating notches in their inner opposed faces, plates on opposite sides of the bars and notched to correspond with the notches in the bars, transverse bolts securing the bars together and a series of blades clamped at one end at an angle to each other between said bars with their abutting longitudinal edges in said notches; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE OGDEN.

Witnesses:

N. T. BRYsoN, W. A. POWELL. 

